Morton, Constable in Rio cycling team

 
Cycling sprinters Stephanie Morton and Pat Constable have won selection for the team sprint events at the Rio Olympics
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Dual Olympic cycling champion Anna Meares will be partnered by Stephanie Morton in the women's team sprint at the Rio Games.

Morton edged out Kaarle McCulloch to ride with Meares in the event when the bulk of Australia's cycling team was announced on Tuesday.

Morton will make her Olympic debut in Rio, as will rising star Pat Constable who will partner world no.1 Matt Glaetzer in the men's sprint.

Some 25 members of the Australia's cycling team for the Games were announced on Tuesday, with the appeals to soon be decided in the women's road team and the men's mountain bike components.

Meares will contest the team sprint and the keirin at her fourth Olympics in Rio.

"It's a really nice feeling to make it to my fourth Games," she said in a statement.

"I think I will be going to Rio in the best physical form I have ever been in my career and I'm ready to do my absolute best."

Constable, 21, was ecstatic to win selection for his first Olympics.

"It has all happened pretty quickly and I haven't put too much pressure on myself but I'm happy where I'm at and where I'm heading," he said.

London Olympian Annette Edmondson will lead the teams pursuit alongside Ashlee Ankudinoff, Melissa Hoskins, Amy Cure and Georgia Baker.

"The goal is to go there and win the gold in Rio and we won't be satisfied with anything less," Edmondson said.

Her brother Alex will join her in Rio after being named in the men's endurance team, lining up with Jack Bobridge, Glenn O'Shea and Games debutants Sam Welsford and Callum Scotson.

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